No. 258INDEX / 321
Lapis 2018
Aramasa Shuzo, Akita
Reviewed in H2 2023
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SCOREOverall score
86pts
SPECBasic data
- Rice
- Miyamanishiki
- Polishing ratio
- 55％
- Alcohol
- —
- Type
- kimoto (traditional starter method), long-aged
- List price
- ¥3,450
PROFILEFlavour chart
JUDGEMENTStraight-Talking Sake Judgement
TOCKY's report
Taste4.0
Aroma4.0
Value for money2.0
Numata's report
Taste4.5
Aroma3.5
Value for money2.0
NOTESNumata's tasting noteTRANSLATED
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PAIRINGCOMING SOON
Here's a rare bottle of Lapis, the now-discontinued standard label from Aramasa Shuzo's Colors series. This Lapis was brewed in 2018, aged at the brewery for five years, and shipped from there. Released in 2023, one year after Lapis production ended, it is the genuine, final bottle. An aroma as relaxing as forest bathing, joined with a neutral base sake quality layered with complex umami, finishes as a flavour that's refreshing yet richly concentrated.